This is a list of premiers of Victoria by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of years and days between dates.
Rank by time in office
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Labor Party Liberal Party / Liberal & Country Country Nationalists / Commonwealth Liberal / United Australia / Non-Party Conservatism Non-Party Liberalism
| Rank | No. | Officeholder | Portrait | Party | District | Assumed office |
Left office |
Time in office (term) |
Time in office (total) |
Election wins | |
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| 1. | 38th | Sir Henry Bolte (1908–1990) GCMG |
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Liberal & Country / Liberal | MLA for Hampden (1947–1972) |
7 June 1955 | 23 August 1972 | 17 years, 77 days | 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 | ||
| 2. | 33rd | Sir Albert Dunstan (1882–1950) KCMG |
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Country | MLA for Korong and Eaglehawk (1927–1945) |
2 April 1935 | 14 September 1943 | 8 years, 165 days | 10 years, 179 days | 1937 1940 1943 | |
| 18 September 1943 | 2 October 1945 | 2 years, 14 days | |||||||||
| 3. | 5th | Sir James McCulloch (1819–1893) KCMG |
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No Party Alignment | MLA for Mornington (1862–1872) Warrnambool (1874–1878) |
27 June 1863 | 6 May 1868 | 4 years, 314 days | 8 years, 304 days | 1864 1866 1868 | |
| 11 July 1868 | 20 September 1869 | 1 year, 71 days | |||||||||
| 9 April 1870 | 19 June 1871 | 1 year, 71 days | |||||||||
| 20 October 1875 | 21 May 1877 | 1 year, 213 days | |||||||||
| 4. | 48th | Daniel Andrews (1972– ) |
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Labor | MLA for Mulgrave (2002–2023) |
4 December 2014 | 27 September 2023 | 8 years, 297 days | 2014 2018 2022 | ||
| 5. | 39th | Sir Rupert Hamer (1916–2004) AC KCMG ED |
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Liberal | MLA for Kew (1971–1981) |
23 August 1972 | 5 June 1981 | 8 years, 286 days | 1973 1976 1979 | ||
| 6. | 41st | John Cain Jr. (1931–2019) |
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Labor | MLA for Bundoora (1976–1992) |
8 April 1982 | 10 August 1990 | 8 years, 124 days | 1982 1985 1988 | ||
| 7. | 44th | Steve Bracks (1954– ) AC |
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Labor | MLA for Williamstown (1994–2007) |
19 October 1999 | 30 July 2007 | 7 years, 284 days | 1999 2002 2006 | ||
| 8. | 43rd | Jeff Kennett (1948– ) AC |
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Liberal | MLA for Burwood (1976–1999) |
6 October 1992 | 19 October 1999 | 7 years, 13 days | 1992 1996 | ||
| 9. | 27th | Sir Harry Lawson (1875–1952) KCMG |
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Nationalist | MLA for Castlemaine and Maldon (1904–1927) |
21 March 1918 | 28 April 1924 | 6 years, 39 days | 1920 1921 | ||
| 10. | 18th | Sir George Turner (1851–1916) KCMG |
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Non-Party Liberalism |
MLA for St Kilda (1889–1901) |
27 September 1894 | 5 December 1899 | 5 years, 69 days | 5 years, 154 days | 1894 1897 1900 | |
| 19 November 1900 | 12 February 1901 | 85 days | |||||||||
| 11. | 20th | Sir Alexander Peacock (1861–1933) KCMG |
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Non-Party Liberalism |
MLA for Clunes and Allandale (1889–1904) |
12 February 1901 | 10 June 1902 | 1 year, 118 days | 4 years, 363 days | 1914 | |
| Commonwealth Liberal | MLA for Allandale (1904–1933) |
18 June 1914 | 29 November 1917 | 3 years, 164 days | |||||||
| Nationalist | |||||||||||
| 28 April 1924 | 18 July 1924 | 81 days | |||||||||
| 12. | 22nd | Sir Thomas Bent (1838–1909) KCMG |
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Non-Party Conservatism (Electoral Reform) |
MLA for Brighton (1900–1909) |
16 February 1904 | 8 January 1909 | 4 years, 327 days | 1904 1907 1908 | ||
| 13. | 14th | Duncan Gillies (1834–1903) |
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Non-Party Conservatism |
MLA for Rodney (1877–1889) Eastern Suburbs (1889–1894) |
18 February 1886 | 5 November 1890 | 4 years, 260 days | 1886 1889 | ||
| 14. | 34th | John Cain Snr. (1882–1957) |
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Labor | MLA for Northcote (1927–1957) |
14 September 1943 | 18 September 1943 | 4 days | 4 years, 175 days | 1945 1952 | |
| 21 November 1945 | 20 November 1947 | 1 year, 364 days | |||||||||
| 17 December 1952 | 7 June 1955 | 2 years, 172 days | |||||||||
| 15. | 30th | Edmond Hogan (1883–1964) |
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Labor | MLA for Warrenheip and Grenville (1927–1945) |
20 May 1927 | 22 November 1928 | 1 year, 192 days | 3 years, 345 days | 1927 1929 | |
| 12 December 1929 | 19 May 1932 | 2 years, 159 days | |||||||||
| 16. | 11th | Sir Graham Berry (1822–1904) KCMG |
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No Party Alignment | MLA for Geelong West (1869–1877) |
7 August 1875 | 20 October 1875 | 74 days | 3 years, 338 days | 1877 | |
| MLA for Geelong (1877–1886) |
21 May 1877 | 5 March 1880 | 2 years, 289 days | ||||||||
| 3 August 1880 | 9 July 1881 | 340 days | |||||||||
| 17. | 2nd | Sir John O'Shanassy (1818–1883) KCMG |
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No Party Alignment | MLA for Kilmore (1856–1865) |
11 March 1857 | 29 April 1857 | 49 days | 3 years, 140 days | 1861 | |
| 10 March 1858 | 27 October 1859 | 1 year, 231 days | |||||||||
| 14 November 1861 | 27 June 1863 | 1 year, 225 days | |||||||||
| 18. | 12th | James Service (1823–1899) |
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No Party Alignment | MLA for Maldon (1874–1881) |
5 March 1880 | 3 August 1880 | 151 days | 3 years, 133 days | 1883 | |
| MLA for Castlemaine (1883–1886) |
8 March 1883 | 18 February 1886 | 2 years, 347 days | ||||||||
| 19. | 45th | John Brumby (1953– ) |
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Labor | MLA for Broadmeadows (1993–2011) |
30 July 2007 | 2 December 2010 | 3 years, 125 days | |||
| 20. | 23rd | John Murray (1851–1916) |
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Commonwealth Liberal | MLA for Warrnambool (1884–1916) |
8 January 1909 | 18 May 1912 | 3 years, 125 days | 1911 | ||
| 21. | 32nd | Sir Stanley Argyle (1867–1940) KBE |
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United Australia | MLA for Toorak (1920–1940) |
19 May 1932 | 2 April 1935 | 2 years, 318 days | 1932 1935 | ||
| 22. | 36th | Thomas Hollway (1906–1971) |
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Liberal / Liberal & Country | MLA for Ballarat (1932–1952) |
20 November 1947 | 27 June 1950 | 2 years, 219 days | 2 years, 222 days | 1947 1950 | |
| Electoral Reform | 28 October 1952 | 31 October 1952 | 3 days | ||||||||
| 23. | 29th | John Allan (1866–1936) |
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Country | MLA for Rodney (1917–1936) |
18 November 1924 | 20 May 1927 | 2 years, 183 days | |||
| 24. | 37th | Sir John McDonald (1898–1977) |
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Country | MLA for Shepparton (1945–1955) |
27 June 1950 | 28 October 1952 | 2 years, 123 days | 2 years, 170 days | ||
| 31 October 1952 | 17 December 1952 | 47 days | |||||||||
| 25. | 1st | Dr William Haines (1810–1866) |
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No Party Alignment | MLA for South Grant (1856–1858) |
30 November 1855 | 11 March 1857 | 1 year, 101 days | 2 years, 149 days | 1856 | |
| 29 April 1857 | 10 March 1858 | 315 days | |||||||||
| 26. | 46th | Ted Baillieu (1953– ) |
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Liberal | MLA for Hawthorn (1999–2014) |
2 December 2010 | 6 March 2013 | 2 years, 94 days | 2010 | ||
| 27. | 42nd | Joan Kirner (1938–2015) AC |
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Labor | MLA for Williamstown (1988–1994) |
10 August 1990 | 6 October 1992 | 2 years, 57 days | |||
| 28. | 9th | James Francis (1819–1884) |
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No Party Alignment | MLA for Richmond (1859–1874) |
10 June 1872 | 31 July 1874 | 2 years, 51 days | |||
| 28. | 24th | William Watt (1871–1946) PC |
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Commonwealth Liberal | MLA for Essendon (1904–1914) |
18 May 1912 | 9 December 1913 | 1 year, 205 days | 2 years, 18 days | ||
| 22 December 1913 | 18 June 1914 | 178 days | |||||||||
| 30. | 47th | Denis Napthine (1952– ) |
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Liberal | MLA for Portland (1988–2002) MLA for South-West Coast (2002–2015) |
6 March 2013 | 4 December 2014 | 1 year, 273 days | |||
| 31. | 24th | Sir William Irvine (1858–1943) GCMG |
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Non-Party Conservatism (Electoral Reform) |
MLA for Lowan (1894–1906) |
10 June 1902 | 16 February 1904 | 1 year, 251 days | 1902 | ||
| 32. | 17th | Sir James Patterson (1833–1895) KCMG |
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Non-Party Conservatism |
MLA for Castlemaine (1870–1895) |
23 January 1893 | 27 September 1894 | 1 year, 247 days | |||
| 33. | 13th | Sir Bryan O'Loghlen (1828–1905) Bt |
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No Party Alignment | MLA for West Bourke (1880–1883) |
9 July 1881 | 8 March 1883 | 1 year, 242 days | |||
| 33. | 15th | James Munro (1832–1908) |
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Non-Party Liberalism (National Liberal) |
MLA for Geelong (1886–1892) |
5 November 1890 | 16 February 1892 | 1 year, 103 days | |||
| 35. | 49th | Jacinta Allan (1973–) |
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Labor | MLA for Bendigo East (1999–) |
27 September 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 83 days | |||
| 36. | 3rd | William Nicholson (1816–1865) |
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No Party Alignment | MLA for Sandridge (1859–1864) |
27 October 1859 | 26 November 1860 | 1 year, 30 days | 1859 | ||
| 37. | 31st | Sir William McPherson (1865–1932) KBE |
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Nationalist | MLA for Hawthorn (1913–1930) |
22 November 1928 | 12 December 1929 | 1 year, 20 days | |||
| 38. | 10th | George Kerferd (1831–1889) |
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No Party Alignment | MLA for Ovens (1864–1886) |
31 July 1874 | 7 August 1875 | 1 year, 7 days | 1874 | ||
| 39. | 8th | Sir Charles Duffy (1816–1903) KCMG |
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No Party Alignment | MLA for Dalhousie (1867–1874) |
19 June 1871 | 10 June 1872 | 357 days | 1871 | ||
| 40. | 4th | Richard Heales (1821–1864) |
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No Party Alignment | MLA for East Bourke Boroughs (1859–1864) |
26 November 1860 | 14 November 1861 | 353 days | 1859 | ||
| 41. | 19th | Allan McLean (1840–1911) |
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Non-Party Liberalism |
MLA for Gippsland North (1880–1901) |
5 December 1899 | 19 November 1900 | 349 days | |||
| 42. | 16th | William Shiels (1848–1904) |
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Non-Party Liberalism |
MLA for Normanby (1880–1904) |
16 February 1892 | 23 January 1893 | 342 days | 1892 | ||
| 43. | 40th | Lindsay Thompson (1923–2008) AO CMG |
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Liberal | MLA for Malvern (1970–1982) |
5 June 1981 | 8 April 1982 | 307 days | |||
| 44. | 7th | John MacPherson (1833–1894) |
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No Party Alignment | MLA for Dundas (1866–1878) |
20 September 1869 | 9 April 1870 | 201 days | |||
| 45. | 28th | George Prendergast (1854–1937) |
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Labor | MLA for North Melbourne (1900–1926) |
18 July 1924 | 18 November 1924 | 123 days | |||
| 46. | 26th | Sir John Bowser (1856–1936) |
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Nationalist | MLA for Wangaratta (1904–1927) |
29 November 1917 | 21 March 1918 | 112 days | 1917 | ||
| 47. | 6th | Sir Charles Sladen (1816–1884) KCMG |
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No Party Alignment | MLC for Western (1864–1868) |
6 May 1868 | 11 July 1868 | 66 days | |||
| 48. | 35th | Ian Macfarlan (1881–1964) |
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Liberal | MLA for Brighton (1928–1945) |
2 October 1945 | 21 November 1945 | 50 days | |||
| 49. | 25th | George Elmslie (1861–1918) |
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Labor | MLA for Albert Park (1902–1918) |
9 December 1913 | 22 December 1913 | 13 days | |||
See also
edit- Premier of Victoria
- List of premiers of Victoria
- List of prime ministers of Australia by time in office
- List of Australian heads of government by time in office
- List of premiers of New South Wales by time in office
- List of premiers of Queensland by time in office
- List of premiers of South Australia by time in office
- List of premiers of Tasmania by time in office
- List of premiers of Western Australia by time in office
- List of chief ministers of the Northern Territory by time in office
- List of chief ministers of the Australian Capital Territory by time in office